Angela Vettese

by Editorial Team | Dec 03, 2009 in Authors | Leave A Comment

Angela Vettese is an art critic and curator.

She is the Director of the Graduate Programme in Visual Arts at the Faculty of Arts and Design of the Iuav University in Venice, where she teaches Theory and Criticism of Contemporary Art as an Associate Professor.

She has taught at numerous fine arts academies, at the Bocconi University in Milan (2000/2007) and since 1986 she has written for the Sole 24 Ores Domenica magazine.

She is President of the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation in Venice (since 2002) and Director of Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in Milan (since 2008).

She has published essays in catalogues for institutions and has written several books, among others Capire l’arte contemporanea (Understanding Contemporary Art, Allemandi, Turin 1996 and 2006), Artisti si diventa (Becoming an Artist, Carocci, Rome 1998), A cosa serve l’arte contemporanea (The Purpose of Contemporary Art, Allemandi, Turin 2001) Ma questo è un quadro (This is a Picture, Carocci, Rome 2005).

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